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meretricious |
Grep of noun meretricious meretriciousness Overview of adj meretricious The adj meretricious has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. meretricious -- ((archaic) like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships") 2. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments") 3. gilded, meretricious, specious -- (based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument") Antonyms of adj meretricious 2 of 3 senses of meretricious Sense 2 brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy INDIRECT (VIA tasteless) -> tasteful, in good taste Sense 3 gilded, meretricious, specious INDIRECT (VIA insincere) -> sincere Similarity of adj meretricious 3 senses of meretricious Sense 1 meretricious Pertains to noun prostitute (Sense 1) =>prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, trollop, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street => woman, adult female Sense 2 brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy => tasteless (vs. tasteful), in poor taste(prenominal) Sense 3 gilded, meretricious, specious => insincere (vs. sincere) Attributes of adj meretricious Familiarity of adj meretricious meretricious used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj meretricious meretricious Overview of adj meretricious The adj meretricious has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. meretricious -- ((archaic) like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships") 2. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments") 3. gilded, meretricious, specious -- (based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument")
meretricious definition
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